emergeNT

much has happened in the span of this week. i'll just take EMERGENT camp Dec 8-10 - had difficulty penning down my post-camp thoughts. so i ask, 'God, what do You think? what do You see?' perhaps i could write a 10-paged report on how we could have organized it better, avoided more last-minute arrangements, prepared the team and campers better, etc. but that's rubbish, in this case. i'm just gonna stick with the big picture.

camp's theme was abt the new testament church, key verse being acts 2:17. i recall my post on Dec 6, a short excerpt "...we're preparing for a mighty outpouring of Holy Spirit on every one of the 60+ campers and to see these followers of Jesus Christ be imparted with supernatural faith and walk in radical obedience. God is gonna break mindsets of the 'old' and pour in the 'new'; it is time to rethink our ecclesiology and retool in unity to prepare God's army for revival harvest - like a pitstop and a boiling kettle..."


certain amazing happenings:

1) during prayer time on sat morning, Theresa got the words joy and power, God also showed her a picture of His promises kept in a bottle. Gem saw a person holding out his hands in front of him forming a round shape, she didn't know what it meant. on that day, after the 1st session of worship, i felt led to tell everybody, 'ok! hold out both your hands in front of your body like you're holding a big barrel.' at this point, Gem felt her picture was confirmed! and we had everyone say, 'Holy Spirit, come and fill me up!' as they did that as a faith-action. then after the sessions, one of the campers was prayed for by a group, and as she was filled with the power of God the whole group began to be filled with joy, and Theresa felt God had kept His promises, just as she saw.

2) throughout camp we had times of group prayer especially with those who stayed-in (leaders). this is one of the most prayer-full camps! one of us during one prayer time, saw a picture of a circle with a dot in the centre, and then the dot multiplied. the awesome thing was that i saw the same thing and actually prayed it aloud. the youth who saw it got so excited, and everyone was encouraged! it was abt being focused, and allow God to spread and multiply.

3) on Oct 27 during the camp committee's prayer time, we received (i won't mention all): 'no more traditional, God wants to do a new thing', 'God wants to break off old mindsets', a hard-boiled egg signifying 'substance on the inside'. i know most of the stuff covered during the sessions were nothing newly profound, yet when grasped and lived out, radical things will happen. mindset is a powerful thing, and i felt it will be 2 years of breaking, breaking, breaking...while building substance and radical obedience this season amidst many things we don't understand. He's already begun His new thing!

4) we had sessions on (sat) being a disciple vs a convert, acts 2:42-47, supernatural faith by vincent, baptism and holy communion, (sun) visit to community centres in teams, joel 2, (mon) living with purpose by david, discipleship 101 by aivern, going beyond people's expectations by calvin, testimony-sharing and closing. oh! but i remember sun night with fire in my heart, because God spoke strongly during worship to change direction of my message. i felt a drive as we opened to Phil 3 and Joel 2, and God led us through a time of repentance, and later, revival prayer. there was a call for impartation on each person as we ended -- and many small groups praying for one another formed all around the hall. an army!

5) God answered the prayers of many, especially those who fasted and prayed specifically for EMERGENT to know God in a POWERful way.

6) too many to write...


at EMERGENT, i know significant things happened, though invisible to the naked eye. many of the younger ones were touched in ways i had not seen before, and many said, 'this camp is different', 'i thought being a non stay-in camp it wouldn't be as fun, but i don't regret joining', etc.

we ask God to continue His deep work of conviction in every heart! Holy Spirit, come and fill us up to walk in Your presence and power...daily. Eklektos, don't lay low, don't back off, don't slow down - turn up the heat in prayer and radical obedience! emerge, army of God in KK, it is time, contend for revival!